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1867 Sheffield Wednesday founded. Elected to the First Division of the Football League in 1892 and have been champions on four occasions - 1903, 1904, 1929 and 1930. Have also won the Second Division five times and the FA Cup thrice. Originally known simply as "The Wednesday", their present title being registered in 1929.
1885 In the First Round of the Scottish Cup, Dundee Harp beat Aberdeen Rovers 35-0 and Arbroath beat Bon Accord 36-0. J. Petrie scored 13 of Arbroath's goals.
1931 Death of John Thomson, Celtic's brilliant Scottish international goalkeeper. During the match with Rangers he dived at the feet of Sam English and sustained a fractured skull and died in hospital the same evening. He was 22. He came into the Celtic first team towards the end of season 1926-27 and won a Scottish Cup medal in the April and a runners-up the following year. First cap against France in 1930 and played in all three internationals during 1930-31. Appeared in 163 Scottish League matches.
1936 W.T. Ponting, Chesterfield centre forward, shot what appeared to be a certain goal against Burnley, but the ball deflated in flight and never reached the net. Chesterfield won this Second Division game 4-1. This was Ponting's first season with the club after six years as a Grimsby Town reserve and his best; 28 goals in 39 matches. He moved to Lincoln City in 1938 and the Second War terminated his first class career. His final record for ten League seasons was 116 matches and 58 goals.
1961 Aston Villa became the first club to win the Football League Cup. Despite losing the first leg to Rotherham United 2-0 at Milmoor, Villa won the second leg 3-0. In winning the trophy Aston Villa became the first club to win all three domestic trophies.